<div dir="ltr">Thank you, Yuko, for your mail and congratulations on the accomplishment of the ODP Team. <div>It was pleasure working with you and the Team. I hope my modest contributions were of some help.</div><div>Let's hope that the Board and the GNSO Council will come to the workable solution and that the SSAD will see the daylight.</div><div>Thank you</div><div>JK</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 10:10 PM Yuko Yokoyama <<a href="mailto:yuko.green@icann.org">yuko.green@icann.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">





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<span style="color:black">I am pleased to inform you that ICANN org has <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-delivers-operational-design-assessment-of-ssad-recommendations-25-1-2022-en" target="_blank">
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Operational Design Assessment</a> (ODA), the final deliverable of the Operational Design Phase (ODP), to the ICANN Board today. The ODA was sent to the GNSO Council as well, and published on our webpage at<span class="gmail-m_2067410368257183435apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.icann.org/ssadodp" title="http://www.icann.org/ssadodp" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">www.icann.org/ssadodp</span></a>.
 This marks the end of the SSAD ODP.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">On behalf of the entire project team, I would like to thank you for your collaboration as well as your help on facilitating the communication with the Council.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">I wish you well and hope our paths cross again.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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